Categories for Data and Modelling

How Much Loss of Life Was Due to COVID-19 in 2020 Compared to Other Diseases?

by Paul Bird In assessing the impact of COVID-19 on the country, the most important statistic has been the number...

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PCR Expert: UK’s Testing System is a Mess, Monopolising PCR For Covid is Killing People and Matt Hancock is Moronic

by Oliver May AFTER Panorama’s exposé last week of cross-contamination at the Lighthouse Lab in Milton Keynes, a PCR expert...

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Review of Paper Claiming 20% of Infected Are Vulnerable to Reinfection

by Mike Hearn A recent paper in the Lancet claims that one in five people might not get immunity from...

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The Mortality Risk of COVID-19 is Dying Out

by Howard Greene Governments have imposed extreme policies to contain COVID-19 infections because of public perceptions that the mortality risk...

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Steps Towards a Technocratic Dystopia

I have a research background in the social sciences and dozens of peer-reviewed publications to my name. There’s a lot...

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A Problem With Numbers

by Suzie Halewood On January 27th 2021, the cover of most daily newspapers showed a picture of Prime Minister Boris...

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Readers’ Exchanges with Professor Neil Ferguson

A reader sent Derek Winton’s article in Lockdown Sceptics criticising Imperial College’s modelling to Professor Neil Ferguson. His remarkable response in...

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Derek Winton’s Response to Ferguson

by Derek Winton Read Derek Winton’s original piece here and Neil Ferguson’s response here. I should start by saying I...

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Neil Ferguson’s Response to an Article in Lockdown Sceptics

by Professor Neil Ferguson One of our readers sent a copy of Derek Winton’s article in Lockdown Sceptics criticising Imperial...

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The Imperial Model and its Role in the UK’s Pandemic Response

by Derek Winton Historians are sure to pore over this ‘unprecedented’ period for centuries to come. It is my belief...

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